1 Recent Advances in Laser Medicine and Surgery in Japan -- 2 A Brief History of the Nd:YAG Laser -- 3 Noncontact Delivery Systems and Accessories for the Application of the Nd:YAG Laser in Endoscopy and Surgery -- 4 Contact Delivery Systems and Accessories -- 5 Clinical Applications in Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- 6 Laser Treatment for Advanced or Recurrent Cancer of the Gastrointestinal Tract -- 7 Videoendoscopy -- 8 Endoscopic Laser Therapy of Carcinoma of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia -- 9 Endoscopic Laser Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer in Japan: Update -- 10 New Modalities of Contact Nd:YAG Laser Endoscopy for General Application in the Gastrointestinal Tract -- 11 Contact Nd:YAG Laser Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer -- 12 Use of Lasers in Nonbleeding Gastrointestinal Lesions: A European Experience -- 13 Nd:YAG Laser Therapy for Intractable Gastric Ulcer -- 14 Use of the Nd:YAG Laser in Cholangioscopic Surgery -- 15 Nd:YAG Laser Treatment of Bladder Tumors -- 16 Contact Laser Treatment for Bladder Cancer -- 17 Endoscopic Nd:YAG Laser Treatment in Airway Lesions -- 18 Developments in Bronchoscopic Nd:YAG Laser Resection -- 19 Neurosurgical Applications of Laser Technology -- 20 The Use of Contact Lasers (Nd:YAG and Argon) in Neurosurgery: Clinical and Experimental Data -- 21 Fiberoptic Laser Endoscopy in Neurosurgery -- 22 The Contact Nd:YAG Laser in Neurosurgery -- 23 Nd:YAG Laser Surgery: Overview of Applications -- 24 Applications of the Nd:YAG Laser in Otorhinolaryngology -- 25 Reconstructive Surgery for Head and Neck Tumors by Contact Nd:YAG Laser Technique -- 26 Laser Conization of the Uterine Cervix -- 27 Endometrial Ablation -- 28 Nd:YAG Laser Applications in Gynecology -- 29 Clinical Application of Nd:YAG Laser in Dermatology and Plastic Surgery -- 30 Study of the Benefits of the Nd:YAG Laser in Plastic Surgery -- 31 Prevention of Dental Caries and Treatment of Early Caries Using the Nd:YAG Laser -- 32 Laser Therapy in Dental and Oral Surgery -- 33 Laser Hemorrhoidectomy -- 34 Splenic Resection with the SLT Contact Nd:YAG Laser Systemยฉ: A Comparison of Contact Nd:YAG with the CO2 Laser -- 35 Liver and Pancreatic Laser Surgery -- 36 Contact Laser Applications in Ophthalmology -- 37 The Short-Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser in Ophthalmology: A Review of Current Clinical Techniques -- 38 General Anesthesia for Nd:YAG Laser Surgery -- 39 The Variable-Function Fiberoptic Laser Apparatus Using Nd:YAG and Carbon Monoxide Lasers -- 40 Computer-Controlled Contact Nd:YAD Laser System for Interstitial Local Hyperthermia -- 41 Safety Procedures for Nd:YAG Laser Surgery -- 42 Tissue Interactions of Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide Lasers -- 43 Tissue Interactions of Nd:YAG Lasers -- 44 Setting Up Ambulatory Laser Centers -- 45 The Laser Industry: Present and Future